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School of Nursing Faculty

Beatrice Kalisch, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Director of Division III

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 4170
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734) 936-3683
FAX: (734) 647-2416
bkalisch@umich.edu

Education
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1970
MSN, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1967
BSN, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, 1965

Dr. Kalisch has conducted numerous research studies in the areas patient safety and quality, nursing teamwork, nurse's work environment, recruitment and retention of nurses, nursing policy, and the image of the nurse. The following list contains example research studies she has or is conducting:

Patient safety and quality

a qualitative study of missed nursing care
the development of an instrument to measure missed nursing care
the impact of interruptions and multitasking on patient safety
an intervention to prevent patient falls in acute care hospitals
the hospital bed and the nurse
development of a tool to measure the safety of intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients
the intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients: a 8 hospital study
the intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients: a 22 hospital study
the development of an automated patient information tool
the impact of on-line patient assignments on interdepartmental communication

Nursing teamwork

an evaluation of an intervention to improve nursing teamwork and engagement
a study of staff nurses and nurse managers informational processing styles
the influence of the size of nursing teams on level of teamwork
the impact of small nursing teams on nurse retention and quality of care

Work environment of the nurse/recruitment and retention of nurses:

a comparison of the work environment for nurses in 16 New York City hospitals (8 using foreign educated nurses and 8 who did not use these nurses)
a study of nurse recruitment practices in 80 U.S. hospitals
the evolution and current status of nursing technology
Group e-mentoring program to attract young people into the nursing profession
a study of the sources of physician-nurse conflict

Policy

an assessment of the impact of the Immigration Nursing Relief Act (PL 101-288) on the New York City MSA nurse labor market
a study of the impact of U.S. federal funds on nursing education and practice
nursing involvement in health planning
the impact of managed care on critical care systems and care processes
a study of the influence of the US Cadet Nurse Corps in World War II on nurse supply and quality of nursing education and nursing services
perceptions of the role of nurses by United States Senators and Congressmen
the political involvement of nurses
the nurse shortage, the President and the Congress: a policy analysis 1941-1971
forecasting for nursing policy: a news-based image approach
the women's draft: an analysis of the controversy over the nurses' Selective Service Bill of 1945

Image of the nurse

an analysis of images of nurses/nursing in motion pictures from 1920-1990
a content analysis of images of nurses/nursing on television from 1950-1990
a content analysis of images of nurses/nursing in novels and short stories from 1890 to 1990
the information quality of nursing news
sex role stereotyping of nurses and physicians in the media
the portrayal of the nurse shortage in the press
the depiction of clinical nursing issues in the news
an analysis of news coverage of maternal-child nurses
an analysis of minority nurses in the news
psychiatric nurses in the press
psychiatric nurses in motion pictures
the press image of community health nursing
television news coverage of nurse strikes
the image of Florence Nightingale in the entertainment media
the nurse detective in mass media portrayals
the evolution of nurses' uniforms and dress
the evolution of the nurse as a sex object in the mass media
the impact of authorship on the image of the nurse in novels
nurses' accused of murder in the press
the Dionne Quintuplets' legacy: establishing the “Good Doctor and His Loyal Nurses' image in American culture
a longitudinal study of the image of the nurse on the internet
the testing of a model of the evolution of the image of the nurse

Dr. Kalisch has authored several books, including The Changing Image of the Nurse, The Advance of American Nursing, Child Abuse and Neglect, Nurses on Television, The Nursing Shortage: Causes, Costs and Cures, Successful Organizational Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Nurses, From Training to Education: The Impact of Federal Aid on Schools of Nursing in the United States in the 1940's, Nurturer of Nurses: The History of the Division of Nursing of the U.S. Public Health Service and its Antecedents, 1798-1977, Nursing Involvement in Health Planning, and The Politics of Nursing.

She also edited a series of eleven monographs on nursing management published by UMI Press.

Dr. Kalisch has published over 90 articles in such journals as Medical Care, The American Journal of Nursing, J ournal of Nursing Administration, Nursing Management, Research in Nursing and Health, Nursing Research, Nursing Outlook, Nursing Economics, AORN Journal, Maternal-Child Nursing Journal, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, Public Health Nursing, Journal of School Health, Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, Sex Roles, Medical Heritage, Nursing Forum, Hospital Topics, Journal of Nursing Care Quality, Journal of Organizational Engineering and the Journal of Advanced Nursing. She has made over 600 presentations in the USA and throughout the world including Canada, China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Singapore, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, Denmark and England.

She is listed in numerous bibliographies such as Who's Who in America and Who's Who of American Women. Dr. Kalisch is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a member of Phi Kappa Phi. She serves as a member as well as leader in numerous local, state and national advisory committees addressing health policy and nursing issues. Dr. Kalisch has been the recipient of many awards including distinguished alumnae at both the University of Maryland and the University of Nebraska.